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Cornell University Athletics

2016 Football Roster

85 Nick Bland

  • Position Tight End
  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 238
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Milton, Mass.
  • Highschool Milton Academy

Biography

As a junior (2015)
• Played in all 10 contests at tight end and on special teams.
• Caught four passes for 40 yards.
• Was on the field at tight end to start the 2015 campaign against Bucknell.
• Made a career-high three catches for 34 yards at Yale, including a 26-yard catch.
• Hauled in a 6-yard pass against Ivy champion Penn.

As a sophomore (2014)
• Started each of the first four games at tight end and played in nine contests total.
• Missed the Lehigh game due to injury.
• Grabbed his first career pass at Harvard, good for 13 yards.
• Lettered for the second time.

As a freshman (2013)
• Bland earned his first varsity letter as a special teams stalwart and a reserve tight end in 2013.
• He returned four kickoffs as an up-man, posting 31 total yards.
• He also made a pair of special teams tackles while making appearances in all 10 games.
• Bland returned three short kickoffs for a total of 22 yards against Princeton and made special team tackles vs. both Harvard and Columbia.

At Milton Academy
• An all-league selection as a senior at Milton Academy, Bland played tight end, wide receiver, quarterback, defensive end and punter during his three-year varsity career.
• An All-New England pick, he was invited to compete in the Shriners All-Star game in his final season and was a Patriot Ledge All-Scholastic team member.
• Bland also played basketball, where he was a senior captain and all-league pick on a league championship team, and lettered three times in lacrosse.

Personal
• Nick Frost Bland is the son of Todd and Nancy Bland and has younger twin sisters.
• His father was an All-America lacrosse player at Bowdoin, while his mother played lacrosse at Middlebury.
• He is enrolled in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

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Historical Player Information

  • 85

    2013-14Freshman

    Tight End
    6'5" 225 lbs
    85
  • 85

    2014-15Sophomore

    Tight End/H-Back
    6'5" 242 lbs
    85
  • 85

    2015-16Junior

    Tight End
    6'5" 243 lbs
    85
  • 85

    2016-17Senior

    Tight End
    6'5" 238 lbs
    85